Michael Tilmouth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Tilmouth

English musicologist

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1930

Place of Birth: Grimsby, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Nov-1987

Profession: university teacher, musicologist, full professor

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Michael Tilmouth (30 November 1930 – 12 November 1987) was an English musicologist. Born in Grimsby, he was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1954 and completing his doctoral studies in 1960 with his thesis Chamber music in England, 1675–1720.
He was appointed an assistant lecturer at the University of Glasgow in 1959; promotion to lecturer followed in 1962, before he was appointed to the new Tovey Chair of Music at the University of Edinburgh in 1971.
He died in the office on 12 November 1987, aged 56.
Alongside editions of 17th- and 18th-century chamber music, he edited Musica Britannica, contributing two volumes of Matthew Locke's chamber music.